At least 47 people were killed on Tuesday when an explosion occurred at the cow section of Sabon Gari market in Damboa local government area of Borno state.
A source told TheCable that the incident occurred around 1pm.
“It was a bloody attack by a female suicide bomber and apart from the over 40 people who were killed, many sustained injuries,” he said.
“I don’t know the number of those injured but rescue workers have taken over the market.”
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Aderemi Opadokun, the state commissioner of police, confirmed the attack but could not give details of causalities.
“A suspected male suicide bomber who strapped an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) around his body, detonated it in the open and many people died and about 30 injured,” he said.
“Investigation is in progress on the issue.”
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Opadokun advised towns and villages outside Maiduguri to set up vigilante groups, where non exists, to screen people entering markets, mosques, churches or areas with large gathering of people.
Meanwhile, Umar Kidda, a member of the civilian vigilante group, told Reuters that more than “47 dead persons have been removed from the market”.
Kidda said the market was busy when the explosion occurred.
A military source who declined to be named, also told the news agency that around 50 people died in the incident.
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There has hardly been any week that the insurgents have not struck since May 29 when Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president.
The relocation of the military command centre to the north-east is yet to have the desired result, as over 600 people have been killed since the decision was taken.
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